Jim McDermott

Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Seattle), the long-serving 7th District U.S. Congressman, made remarks on the House floor this morning in favor of the impeachment of President George W. Bush. He said that, after a long struggle with the implication of one of the House's "gravest" decisions,  he was signing onto a resolution to consider the impeachment of President Bush based on evidence from three new books by Ron Suskind, Vincent Bugliosi and Bob Woodward.

McDermott spokesman Mike DeCesare said Rep. McDermott would not speculate as to whether or not he thought the call for impeachment would be widespread among Democrats, and did not think it would hurt Democrats' electoral chances in the fall.

See McDermott's full remarks on the House floor below.

DENVER - Seattle Congressman Jim McDermott addressed the Washington delegation this morning with a speech focused on the less fortunate members of society. He was introduced by Democratic Party Chair Dwight Pelz, who said McDermott was "never at a loss for words or principles." The representative acted true to form, saying right off the bat that, with Barack Obama, Democrats "are putting [their] best foot forward as Americans when we are in the tank."

He then went after Republicans for their anti-immigration sentiment, accusing them of trying to hold back the future, which in a few decades will see a majority of Americans as people of color. He said America's diversity is what makes it great, and "Barack is the next iteration of that greatness."

War for oil: Congressman Jim McDermott (D-Washington) uses my cartoon in his speech on the floor of the House July 9.Read the story on PolitickerWA.com: McDermott brings Tornoe cartoon to House floor

When U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Seattle) took to the House floor last Wednesday, one of Politicker.com cartoonist Rob Tornoe's recent cartoons  served as a backdrop for his criticism of the Bush administration and what he claims were their true motivations for war with Iraq

Jim McDermott may have voted against the war in Iraq and have progressive views on the environment and healthcare, but he sure doesn't let these interfere with his investments.

Washington's Congressional delegation spoke out in favor of today's decision by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates' decision to re-open the bidding process for the Air Force KC-767 tankers. Airbus had won the initial contract, which would have cost the state's economy a significant amount of money, but the process was discovered to be flawed by the Government Accountability Office.

Representatives Brian Baird (D-03), Doc Hastings (D-04) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (D-05) have yet to speak on the matter. Links to and excerpts from the rest of the state's elected officials statements are below.

SEATTLE -

Politicker PhotoThe 46th Legislative District Democrats met Thursday to officially endorse candidates for local and state races. Most of the those were uncontested, required a vote for Rep. Jim McDermott over Donovan Rivers in the 7th Congressional District, and Rep. Jim McIntire for state treasurer over Dr. Chang Mook Sohn.

When it came down the the contested state House race in the 46th District between Scott White and Gerry Pollet, things became a little more complicated.

Washington's full delegation, with the exception of Rep. Brian Baird (D-Vancouver) spoke out on the Government Accountability Office's decision today to uphold the protest against the decision making process that led to a US Air Force tanker contract to go to Airbus over Boeing earlier this year.

The group unanimously celebrated the GAO's decision because of initial unfairness in the decision making process, and used their statements as an I-told-you-so to those who supported and helped usher the deal through.

"It has been clear all along that the process was flawed, as evidenced by the clear recommendations made by the GAO," said Rep. Dave Reichert (R-Auburn). "This is a great victory for Boeing, Washington state and every American who values our nation's economic and homeland security."

Read all available statements below the jump.

Washington's superdelegate count stands at five for Obama, five for Clinton and seven undecided. State Republican deciders may know something the Democrats don't know, since they've been campaigning against Obama, without a single mention on Clinton in recent letters. The Republican decidee is coming to town, and you can meet him for dinner for only $33,100.

One of Washington's undecided slate of Democratic National Committee superdelegates, David McDonald, spoke to the press about his status today, but only to announce that he would not be throwing his superdelegate weight around until after the May 31 meeting of the DNC rules committee. That meeting will decide how to seat the delegations from Florida and Michigan who were penalized for moving their primaries earlier than DNC rules allowed.

McDonald is on the DNC's rules and bylaws committee that initially voted to strip Florida's and Michigan's delegates as a punishment. It was a move that McDonald supported. He told The Olympian today that he hoped to reserve the appearance of impartiality prior to that meeting.